Friday, February 1

Craft Stamper Blog Hop – Looking Back

You should hopefully have hopped over here from the talented Kate Bentley. If your just visiting then be sure to pop over to the Craft Stamper Blog to join in, as there are lots of prizes to be won!

Hi, well I'm Kim and I have been
part of the Craft Stamper Magazine Design team since 2009, WOW I still pinch
myself about that... Here's the post about my first published piece! I love being published in their fabulous magazine, and 2012 saw quite a few of my projects on the front cover Thank You! I hope I
inspire readers to create whatever their imagination conjures up.

I can't quite narrow my style to anything specific I've always described it as a fusion of
everything I love, like my next project will demonstrate.

I went for an arty piece for the blog hop, I'm so pleased with how it came out... totally fusion, let me explain

I started by printing this stunning image by the talented Krista from Saturated Canary.This is what I love about digital stamps you can print to any size.

Of course I used my copics, lots of airbrushing for the background, and even through the castle stencil, I used a few Lavinia stamps for the grasses and foliage.

The water texture was created by stamping woodgrain and heat embossing in clear. Then I airbrushed over, notice the castle reflection? I simply turned the stencil over. Using a clear copic I brushed lightly over some of the embossed areas to create ripples.

So one thing I really had to get a hang of for a feature in Craft Stamper was using embossing paste and stencils, I love the effect and very impressed with how well it works on glass, really stays on there (think I can see a few more projects on the horizon)

This is the image with the glass from the frame laid on top.

I also followed my technique of embossing paste on acetate adding a generous sprinkling of stickles dry glitter.

So here's the finished project...

thought I would share my sample sheet, had so many ideas too, a glimpse to see the process unfold.

I hope you enjoyed my post! Your next stop on the hop is the wonderful Jo Firth-Young.

Also before you go the hop letter to collect from me is:U

If you get stuck on the hop at any time, pop back to Craft Stamperfor the full list of participants.

Also We have a Facebook event here!Thanks for stopping by have a Wonderfully Creative DayBiG HuGs Kim x

Gosh it seems like forever since I stopped by Kim, I hope your keeping well chickie xYou have a real talent for anything you put your mind too and your colouring on this particular piece is second to non, That hair is amazing and really pops, so striking xThanks for sharing your talent x

Oh my goodness! Your colouring is absolutely stunning, I could look at this gorgeous image all day. I have not heard of air brushing in this way but you certainly are a master of the technique. Love the whole picture. Thank you for sharing it.

Hello Kim, this is a truly fabulous project, I love copics and enjoyed reading the step that resulted to this very beautiful project. Thank you for sharing, I truly enjoyed my visit, became a follower! cheers from Montreal.

I too love Krista's art and I LOVE, LOVE this! When I grow up, being 40 something, I want to be able to colour like you do! Absolutely stunning - very Alice in Wonderland/Cinderella - love it! thank you for sharing and for inspiring me to keep practising my colouring hugs Karen x

This is absolutely fantastic, woww... Building a wonderful scene like that from scratch is like a dream for me !!! Congrats, I love your arworks and you have so many great ideas ! Thanks for sharing, and I will try to remember your technique on Acetate too, really interesting and nice result ! Coco x

wow amazing creation. love how you used the woodgrain for the water, adds wonderful ripple textures and dimension to the piece. beautiful coloring. also love how you did the glitter flourishes on the outside on the frame. thanks for sharing the inspiration.

Oh my goodness, this piece is wonderful. I LOVE your colouring techniques. All that airbrushing is so effective, the wood grain effect to get the water to shimmer is just inspired. Beautiful work, thank y

Sorry, hit post before I was finished! As I was saying, thank you for the inspiration. Hope to see more of your work. Maddy x P.S fab idea to use embossing paste on the glass in the frame. Why didn't I think of that?? :-)